Aspects of Meditation Book 1

The Body, the First Step

By: Osho

Narrated by: Natalie Naudus

This audiobook includes a special original recording from the author's talk, "The Secret of Secrets."

Discover a deeper understanding of meditation through an investigation into the subtle workings of the mind, focusing on the body, with Osho's Aspects of Meditation Book 1.

The West has taken to meditation with great enthusiasm. We contemplate. We concentrate. We embrace mindfulness techniques and a multitude of mantras. We have undertaken to “do” meditation.

The Aspects of Meditation series is comprised of brief, precious texts in which Osho shows us the core of meditation is not about sitting silently or chanting a mantra. It is, instead, a question of understanding the subtle workings of the mind. In Book 1, Osho re-introduces us to our body, focusing on the “root” of the human, the soul.

A Macmillan Audio production from St. Martin's Essentials

This book is specifically focused on the body aspect of meditation.

He talked about how people have tons of unexpressed energy in their bodies. Anger is a good example of one of those energies and he defined it as a well full of anger, and how if you didn't have anger it would be like an empty well where when you drop the bucket there is nothing to draw out. He basically says that many people are looking for a reason to unleash their anger because they have this massive amount hidden just under the surface. An angry person is angry all the time it's just not always apparent but it's always there under the surface ready to unleash, this applies to many other so called sins of mankind. He described the modern world as a place that needs hate, anger and violence, that love is not profitable in comparison. Movies glorify killing and death but a person kissing or making love must be censored. Later on he leads people into a meditation exercise and gives additional advice and techniques. The end of this book actually contains an entire additional speech where Osho speaks about the Tao and a book called the secret of the golden flower, this additional content was a nice add-on.